WORKAROUND & the Python GUI-lib situation ...

Diez B. Roggisch deets at nospam.web.de
Wed Mar 15 11:15:48 EST 2006


> Yes, wx is of course fat.
> But I guess things like a layout algorithm ? is done very quickly in a
> clean Python only lib. I can just imagine ...

No. Layout-engines actually are non-trivial. They use constraint-solvers to
do optimization of sizes and offsets. Creating a well-balanced, easy to use
system is pretty difficult to do. Making that work in an intuitive manner
using a GUI-designer adds to that complexity - big time. 

Diez





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